Archive for the Tag 'jury'

William Grigg reports on this gross miscarriage of justice, with the first ruling coming from a judge in a bench trial and the second ruling backing him up coming from another judge of the Arizona Appeals Court. Support Your Local Slave Patrol Phyllis Bear, a convenience store clerk from Arizona, called the police after a […]

Derek Brommerich, of The Derek Brommerich Show podcast will speak on the power of the individual juror March 18, 2014 at 11:00 am for the Kiwanis Club at Culvers 4004 Silver Lake Rd. St. Anthony, MN Many thanks to Derek, who is driving quite a ways to give this talk about the power of the […]

After just 45 minutes of deliberations, a jury today refused to ruin a teen’s life over his tasteless joke. North Attleboro High student found innocent in school threat trial Patrick Skrabec, who spent six days in jail over the Christmas holiday after his arrest, was found innocent of threatening to commit a crime and disturbing […]

No drugs? No problem! Cops in several states already can or hope soon to be able to arrest you simply for HAVING EMPTY SPACE in the car where you MIGHT be able to hide drugs EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T! The ‘Crime’ of Having a Hidden Compartment in Your Car Last fall, Ohio state troopers pulled […]

With the introduction of New Hampshire’s HB 1452 in the legislature this year, jury nullification is once again in the news in New Hampshire. Jeff Woodburn discusses it in the March edition of New Hampshire Magazine. Understanding Jury Nullification The times are changing. Polls consistently show a growing majority of people support marijuana legalization. The […]

While we’re happy to see a video on jury nullification getting lots of views, it unfortunately contains some incorrect and misleading information, which we will address here: 1. “A video, such as this one, simply acknowledging the existence of jury nullification and in no way advocating it is totally okay… So why can’t you do […]

We’ve previously brought you news of the Bellingham 3 in the state of Washington who are being prosecuted for offenses related to providing medical marijuana. Even though Washington has since legalized marijuana even for recreational use, they are still being legally pursued by prosecutors. Their case is coming up in April. Across the country, there […]

Now that we all know that fugitive slaves themselves were not freed by juries, but rather those who helped rescue them and were subsequently charged under the Fugitive Slave Act, let’s delve into the actual rescue of Shadrach Minkins. The Fugitive Slave Act was a critical part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to maintain […]

Today is an important anniversary in the history of jury nullification. On this day in 1851, on a rainy Saturday morning, federal agents stalked and arrested alleged fugitive Shadrach Minkins, who was at the time working at the Cornhill Coffee House in Boston, Massachusetts. Minkins’ arrest came just a few months after passage of the […]

Gun control advocate Dwayne Ferguson is facing two felony charges of criminal gun possession after being discovered in possession of a holstered firearm during a lockdown at Harvey Austin Elementary School. Ferguson, of Buffalo, New York, is well-known locally for his efforts in pushing for the post-Sandy Hook passage of New York’s SAFE Act, bumping […]

There is no shortage of evidence that prosecutors are not looking for the truth, but rather for the convictions they depend on for career advancement. This article about a massive evidence-tampering scandal uncovered last year at the Hinton Lab in Jamaica Plain in Massachusetts reveals one prosecutor’s chummy relationship with the government chemist who delivered […]

A group of activists known as the NATO 3, after facing 40 years in prison each for a largely government-manufactured plot, have now been acquitted by jurors of the more serious terrorism charges levied against them by prosecutors in the first use of several of Illinois’ version of the USA PATRIOT Act, hastily-passed after 9/11. […]

Jesse Webster, with no prior criminal record, was convicted of conspiring to distribute cocaine. Due to mandatory minimums, he was sentenced to life without parole. Judge James Zagel thought the mandatory minimum was too harsh-20 years or so was what he would have sentenced this man to for a first-time, victimless offense. Now the U.S. […]

Thanks to David Downs for a link to FIJA in this recent article in the East Bay Express about the power of jury nullification as a tool to end the war on drugs. This Powerful Jury Tool Can End the Drug War Today A New Hampshire bill introduced in the legislature this month would require […]

Some 43 years later and well beyond the statute of limitations for burglary, five of the eight peace activists who broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania on 8 March 1971 have come forward in the wake of the mass surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden’s leaks of NSA documents. The documents obtained through the […]